Author: Jordan
PIRATE Act introduced in 116th Congress
Congressmen Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) introduced the PIRATE (Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act) into the 116th Congress late last week.
The bill would give the FCC additional enforcement options to combat the prevalence of illegally operating radio stations across the... Read More.
MBA joins 3rd Thursday webinar series
New in 2019, a Sound Bites Digital webinar series in conjunction with the Michigan Association of Broadcasters on the third Thursday of every month. These webinars will cover a variety of topics from sales and programming, to management and legal topics.
Learn more: https://www.massbroadcasters.org/sound-bites-digital-third-thursday-webinars
Apply to Beasley Radio Talent Institute – Deadline Feb. 1
The National Radio Talent System is seeking current undergrads, graduate students and recent graduates to attend their second Beasley Radio Talent Institute to be held at Emerson College this summer between June 24 and July... Read More.
2018 Sound Bites Awards held by Mass. Broadcasters Association
Awards were handed out to broadcast radio and television stations in nineteen categories at the Sound Bites Awards sponsored by the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association on Wednesday , November 14 at the Framingham Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center. SFC Ken Dowd of the Massachusetts... Read More.
Kiss 108’s Matt Siegel named 2018 Broadcaster of the Year
Matt Siegel, longtime host of iHeart Media’s Kiss 108 “Matty in the Morning” show was named 2018 Broadcaster of the Year by the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association (MBA). The award, the Association’s highest honor, was presented at Sound Bites, the MBA’s awards night on... Read More.
FCC announces informational webinar for broadcast incubator program
Released Oct. 5, 2018:
By this Public Notice, the Media Bureau announces an upcoming webinar to provide information
about the Commission’s recently implemented radio broadcast incubator program.
The Commission’s novel incubator program is designed to support new and small entrants in the
radio broadcasting industry by pairing potential... Read More.
National EAS/WEA tests postponed until Oct. 3
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on October 3, 2018 . The WEA portion of the test commences at 2:18 p.m. EDT, and the EAS portion... Read More.
FCC reminds stations not to air EAS attention signal
From the FCC:
As we are all preparing for next week’s nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alert System (WEA) on September 20th, just a reminder to broadcasters and cable providers not to air the audio attention signal for WEA... Read More.
ETRS Form 1 due today – ahead of 9/20 EAS test
The next national test of the Emergency Alert System is scheduled for September 20, 2018 at 2:20 p.m. (EDT). All broadcasters that participate in EAS are required to participate in this test. The EAS alert will be transmitted in English and Spanish... Read More.
GMR offers interim license extension
From the Radio Music Licensing Committee
Dear Broadcasters:
As you should be aware, RMLC’s antitrust litigation against GMR remains ongoing. As a result, GMR recently agreed to... Read More.
